Slip and Fall Back Pain

Slip and fall back pain is a topic immediately associated with civil litigation. It is certainly possible to hurt yourself if you fall down
on a hard surface. If you were injured in a fall, filing a lawsuit may
be the appropriate response.

However, it is the goal of this article to detail some of the
lesser known aspects of slip and fall accidents as they relate to
personal injury lawsuits and
recovering from back pain.

In this matter, I am extremely well versed, since not only am I a
back pain sufferer
for decades, but I am also a retired trial preparation investigator in
New York City, which features one of the busiest court systems in the
world.

Slip and Fall Back Pain Occurrence

When a person falls down, pain is likely to occur. Sometimes, this
pain is immediate and severe, but many times it is what is known as delayed onset pain.
In these cases, the fallen person will typically get up and seem fine,
but then suffer gradual or sudden symptoms at some other time, a few
hours to a few days later.

Regardless of when the symptoms begin, they will almost surely be
linked to the recent fall. In most cases, diagnostic imaging will be
performed to scan for injuries and it is extremely likely that
herniated discs
or other
spinal abnormalities
will be located. Of course, these will also be attributed to the
fall occurrence, although this may be an incorrect assumption.

Slip and Fall Back Pain Information

Pain can occur from trauma, but resolves almost without exception.
The ability to heal quickly and completely is an inherent miracle of the
human anatomy. With virtually every type of bodily injury, this
process is trusted and taken for granted.

However, with
back injury,
this common knowledge is basically tossed out the window, since most
dorsopathy concerns grow far beyond the structural issues blamed for
sourcing them.

There is no reason to think that the pain would still be there
weeks, months or years after a slip and fall incident. Far more likely,
is the possibility that the pain is being perpetuated by the mindbody
process. However, this can occur from many different reasons.

Slip and Fall Back Pain Causes

Injuries generally heal. Lasting pain blamed on a slip and fall may stick around due to several main reasons:

Primary gain
theory states that the person is predisposed to chronic pain by their very personality, or life circumstances, and the
psychosomatic back pain
process takes advantage of the fall opportunity to create convincing symptoms.

Secondary gain
theory states that the benefits of litigation ($$$) are enough to
actually make the person continue to experience pain. Other reasons for
secondary gain include the ability to stop working or avoid
responsibility. This can be insulting as an accusation, but does happen
in some rare patients.

Nocebo effect is always a contributing factor to post-traumatic pain, especially if a significant structural diagnosis is presented.

Slip and Fall Back Pain Tips

Here are some words of wisdom for people who have been hurt in a slip and fall and the
back doctors
who treat them:

First, some disc conditions and other spinal abnormalities
attributed to slip and falls were already there. They never caused pain
and the degenerative changes present may date them as being in
existence prior to the fall. This is rarely considered.

Doctors must not frighten patients with talk of permanent
injury. This is a mostly fantastic premise and doctors who take part in
psychological warfare costing patients their health via the nocebo
effect should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Patients are advised to be careful about buying into your
lawyer's game plan to make you rich. They only want to make themselves
rich and will do so at the cost of your health… now and forever. It is
not worth the money; trust me.